Game apparatus.



No. 818,995. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906. A. M. BENEDIG.

GAME APPARATUS.

AUUUSTIN MARION BENEDIC, OF NElV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

GAME APPARATUS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed September 18,1905. Serial No. 279,034.

To 111/ [1171,0112 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUsTIN MARION BENEDIC, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in games.

The object of this invention is to provide a game which serves not only for the purpose of amusement, but is instructive of historical facts coupled with the United States flag.

The invention comprises a casing substantially rectangular in shape having a plurality of partitions or slats fixed in upright position with respect to the casing and being isolated from the walls of said casing. These partitions or slats are colored to represent the colors of the [lag of the United States, and on each side of the partitions can be represented configurations or pictures of historical facts concerning the flag, the partitions altogether forming the flag and the stars of the same being represented in separate partitions formed in the upper left-hand corner of the partitions. The sides and bottom of the casing are provided with pictures or representations of famous battle-grounds, and soldiers are represented by a number of balls, which are likewise colored with the colors of the United States ilag namely, red, white, and blue. Eighteen of these balls in all are used in this game, five being blue, seven red, and six white, and the main object of the game is to put the five blue balls or soldiers in the blue stalls or partitions, which represent the stars of the flag, and the red and white balls in the respective red and white. stalls of the flag, each alternate stall of the partitioned center being red and white, respectively.

\Vith these and other objects in \dew my invention consists in the details and features which will be described in connection with the accompanying drawing and then pointed out more particularly in the claims.

In the drawing the figure is a perspective view of the game apparatus.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, 1 represents a casing having walls 2 and a bottom 3. 4 represents the stalls or partitions, which are designed to be colored to represent the stripes of the flag, and 5 shows the star portion of the flag, which. portion is divided up into five stalls by the longitudinal slats 6. The wall 7 is provided at the end of this portion of the game representing the stars of the flag, which wall prevents the blue balls de signed for this portion of the game from entering into the other stalls. One end of the longitudinal partitions forming the stripes is likewise provided with a wall 8, whercby the. balls representing the stripes are kept from rolling into the open portion of the casing, the opposite end 8) of the partitions, forming the stripes of the flag, being open for the purpose of permitting the balls or soldiers to enter into their respective stalls.

The upper left end corner of the partitions is provided with stars, in each of which the name of one of the States of the United States may appear, and in these partitions provided with these stars the blue balls or soldiers 10 are designed to be placed, one in each stall. In the other partitimis l), which are colored, respectively, red and white, the seven red balls 11 and the six white balls 12 are arranged to be placed, the object of the game being to place all of the balls or soldiers in their respective stalls or quarters.

Hating thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A game apparatus comprising a substantially rectangular casing having a plurality of slats arranged to represent the stripes of the United States flag, said slats being subdivided to form the star portion of said flag, and a plurality of balls arranged to be placed in the compartments formed by said slats.

2. A game apparatus comprising a casing having a plurality of slats isolated from the walls of said casing and arranged to represent the United States flag, one portion of said slats being closed, and one corner of said slats being subdivided to form the stars of the flag, and a plurality of balls colored in the colors of the flag and arranged to enter into the respective stalls.

3. A game apparatus comprising a casing having a plurality of slats designed to represent the United States flag, a portion of said slats being subdivided to represent the stars of the said flag, and a plurality of balls having the colors of the United States flag and arranged to be placed in the respective compartments of the same color as the balls.

at. A game apparatus, comprising a casing,

parallel slats arranged Within said casing, a transverse partition positioned transversely of and intermediate the length of some of said slats, and inclosing means extending across the ends of some of said slats.

5. A game apparatus, comprising a casing, slats carried by said casing, and partitioning means extending transversely of said slats, said partitioning means extending across the ends of some of said slats and across some of said slats intermediate their ends.

6. A game apparatus, comprising a casing provided With slats isolated from the Walls of said casing, and a partition extending transversely across some of said slats intermediate their ends.

7. A game apparatus, comprising a casing, slats positioned Within and isolated from the Walls of said casing, a Wall extending across the ends of some of said slats, and a Wall or partition positioned intermediate the ends alnd extending transversely of'the remaining s ats.

8. A game apparatus, comprising a casing, parallel slats positioned Within said casing, each two contiguous slats forming a compartment, all of said compartments open at one and the same side of said casing, some of said compartments closed at the opposite ends, and transverse partitioning means subdividing the remaining compartments.

9. A game apparatus, comprising a casing, longitudinally-extended, parallel slats positioned in said casing, all of said slats the same length, said slats producing compartments, transverse partitioning means carried by said casing and subdividing some of said compartments, means for closing one end of some of said compartments, and spheres positioned Within said casing.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

AUGUSTIN MARION BENEDIC.

Witnesses:

RUDOLPH PETRY, J ULEs LAMBON. 

